“Twin Peaks Calling” Supercut Reminds How The Original Series Took Place In A Pre-Cell Phone Era

Kyle MacLachlan confirmed that cell phones have found their way into Twin Peaks, but in a David Lynch world of FBI offices, prisons and hotel rooms, stylish corded telephones are bound to appear in the new series. Just like they did in the original.

“Aloha!”
—Dr. Lawrence Jacoby

This supercut, courtesy of Showtime, shows a mix of vintage rotary landline phones, payphones, and even a giant wireless brick owned by one of the lucky few. There’s just one glaring omission: the series’ very first phone call made by Pete Martell (“Lucy, put Harry on the horn!”).

@ThatsOurWaldo I've often wondered if this story could have existed in a cell phone and social media world

As for Twin Peaks being from the pre-cell phone era, I’d just like to point out that if Laura Palmer had been murdered in the age of genetic testing, the mystery would have lasted only an episode and a half…

There is an earlier HUGE cell phone in one scene from early season 2 actually. Funny cause I just saw it tonight then read the headline, as I am rewatching series. It’s quick one where Ernie , the ex con who married Norma’s mother is in the RR diner.